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Cliff Spring

Cliff Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cliff Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 2,329 m. Tritle Peak stands 2,505 m to the north, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Angels Window, a attraction 0.5 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 7.5 miles off.

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Coordinates36.12514, -111.95400

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
Peaks
Springs: 21
  • Roaring Springs: 6.6 mi
  • Roaring Springs: 6.6 mi
  • Roaring Springs: 6.7 mi
  • Hance Creek Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Miners Spring: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 20
Historic sites: 5
Parks: 5
  • Cottonwood Campground: 5.8 mi
  • Bright Angel Campground: 8.1 mi
  • Havasupai Gardens Campground: 10.3 mi
  • Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 14.8 mi
  • Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Museums: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Boat Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Pipe Creek Beach: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Manzanita Rest Area: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Cliff Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tritle PeakN 3°2,505 m6.8 mi
Brady PeakN 356°2,440 m8.2 mi
Siegfried PyreNNE 27°2,414 m5.6 mi
Wotans ThroneSSW 194°2,360 m1.4 mi
Oza ButteWNW 302°2,346 m7.5 mi
Brahma TempleW 274°2,275 m4.7 mi
Deva TempleWNW 293°2,224 m4.7 mi
Hollenback PointSSE 152°2,220 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0618:40
June solstice05:1219:1119:49
September equinox06:1617:5218:26
December solstice07:3616:3817:18

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465259677686908780685646
Precip in1.01.00.90.40.40.20.91.50.91.00.60.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phantom RCH, 8 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs10,58010,65511,31015,94825,51230,01318,29614,09711,62410,10710,31110,300

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Colorado River Near Grand Canyon, AZ, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Grand Canyon National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Wildlife nearby
  • Roundleaf buffaloberry88 obs
  • fernbush69 obs
  • Stansbury's Cliffrose61 obs
  • Colorado Pinyon46 obs
  • Plains Pricklypear43 obs
  • Plateau Fence Lizard31 obs
  • Wyoming Paintbrush30 obs
  • Common Raven21 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2006086755

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